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1. Brazil has won the most amount of World Cups in its entire history
2. 1994 FIFA World Cup was held in France
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was held in the U.S. it was held by France just 4 years after
3. UEFA's countries have hosted less World Cups than every other confederation combined
There's been 22 World Cups. UEFA's hosted 11 of them
4. Germany is first in all-time World Cup table
Brazil is first, Germany is only 23 points away of being first
5. Before 1990, no UEFA's nation beat CONMEBOL nation in the final
Germany have been first to achive that in 1990, when they beat Argentina in the final
6. Lothar Matthäus has the most appearances in the World Cup's history
Lionel Messi beats him for only one appearance!
7. There's no player that won World Cup 3 times
Pele has done it, in 1958, in 1962 and in 1970. One of the best players of all time!
8. Lionel Messi is the only player to ever win Best Player Award twice
(Note: this award has been awarded only since 1978)
9. England won the World Cup in 1966
10. Jules Rimet Trophy (now FIFA World Cup Trophy) was twice stolen
It was stolen only once, in 1966. Interesingly, the trophy was later recovered by a dog named Pickles
11. Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to ever score in 5 World Cups
12. Only Italy has won World Cup twice in a row
They've done it in 1934 and 1938, but also Brazil's done it in 1958 and 1962
13. Fastest goal in FIFA World Cup (excluding qualifications) was scored in just 9 seconds, by Hakan Şükür
It was scored in 11 seconds, not 9. It's still incredible!
14. More than 70 nations have ever played in FIFA World Cup
Around 80 nations have ever played in World Cup
15. The 2038 World Cup host nation is already known
16. There's only one coach that coached 5 different nations in different World Cups
Two coaches have done it. Bora Milutinović and Carlos Alberto Parreira!
17. There's been a situation, when a player mistakenly got three yellow cards in a match
It happened to Josip Šimunić, in 2010, in the Croatia-Australia match